FUNDAMENTALS OF SOLAR HOT WATER HEATING COURSE OBJECTIVES

***This Independent Study Course Gives You 77 Days Access To Complete The Course***

For the purposes of developing this training course, a solar hot water installer/technician/contractor is identified as a person who may sell, design, specify and/or supervise the installation of ordinary residential and light commercial solar hot water heating systems involving the use of recognized standard components.

The essential training objective of this course is to provide the solar hot water installer/technician/contractor with fundamental technical knowledge on solar assisted heating in order that the technician may acquire and advance in design, installation and servicing responsibilities as the market for solar assisted water heating progresses.

Upon completion of the course, the student technician should be able to:
• Recognize the various types of residential solar hot water heating systems and components currently in use.
• Demonstrate safe working practices.
• Distinguish between solar system freeze protection options.
• Properly design and size residential solar hot water heating systems.
• Assist in the planning and installation of solar collectors and components.
• Understand the types of codes and standards that apply to the proper installation of solar heating systems.
• Understand the types of permits, warranties, and the customer relations required for completion of the overall solar project.
• Assist in the servicing of common solar assisted heating problems.
• Improve the quality of installations.

LEARN ONLINE
The material will be taught in an online coursehost medium using web links and text reading assignments. This will be an instructor-facilitated course. Weekly online threaded discussions will allow students and instructor to communicate and share ideas with each other.

REQUIRED COMPUTER SKILLS
You should have some experience and familiarity with navigating and using the internet as an information and communication resource, knowing how to download files, attach document files to e-mail, and use word processing software are necessary skills to achieving academic success in an online course environment.

BROWSER REQUIREMENTS
Internet Explorer or other equivalent browser and internet connection is all that are required to take this course.

EVALUATION
Mastery of these training objectives will be demonstrated by successful completion of ten on-line unit quizes and a final examination. The student must obtain a minimum of 70% overall to receive a Certificate of Completion.



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